Mongibello Mons, on the far left of
this image, is a sharp ridge rising so high it would rank among the
highest mountains if it were on Earth. The existence of mountains
like this poses a mystery for traditional astronomers.

Io is the most volcanically active
body in the solar system. This activity is supposed to be caused by
tidal forces from Jupiter and its other large moons. In order to produce
so many fast-changing and sometimes moving volcanoes, Io must be nearly
molten. The temperatures in the active regions were higher than the
spacecraft Galileo's thermal sensors could measure, far hotter than any
volcano on Earth. Yet ridges like Mongibello Mons require a rigid crust
to keep them from collapsing.

From an Electric Universe point of view, the
volcanoes on Io are electrical arcs driven by charge differentials
between Io and the plasma sheath (magnetosphere) that envelopes Jupiter.
The discharge channels are very small and very hot. But between them, Io
is not melted. The mountains left standing after the arcs have cut and
melted their way around them remain supported by cold and firm bedrock.